The Plough, Coldharbour

We last came to the Plough a year or so ago, and this last weekend my husband and I were visiting friends in the area and we decided to book a room at the Plough. After reading though some of these reviews, I was half expecting the full fawlty towers experience , but (unfortunately) for us, there was absolutely no drama. The room was lovely, clean, great bed! We were very comfortable, no moans there. Lovely barman, handsome man (apparentely landlord's son) really looked after us, and lovely staff, bubbly young scottish lass, pleasant (but classicly gruff) chef. Two minor grumbles; at breakfast the chef overslept and came down 15 minutes late, which didn't exactly endear him to the other guests, but we let it go as we knew they had been very busy the night before, plus we noticed the pub sign from our room, and it needs some serious TLC.
Now I quizzed the Landlord's son about the water situation. According to him their policy is now to give free water no matter what. We saw quite a few asking for water, and no one was denied it.
All in all, we had a great meal, a relaxing weekend, were looked after very nicely, and the Landlord's real ale, especially the Tallywhacker were very good!
We give it an 8...we'll be back, let's hope they sort out that pub sign!

8 Dec 2008 12:02